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Paper, 'Account of the Black Assize at Oxford, 1577' by the Merton College Register, University of Oxford and additional remarks by Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/321

Date: 1577-1757

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2 pages in Latin from the 1577 register book of Merton College related to the plague and 9 pages in English commenting on the original register by Thomas Birch.

Subject: Physiology

Read 25 May 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/321
Earliest possible date
1577-1757
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Thomas Birch

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Thomas Birch, Paper, 'Account of the Black Assize at Oxford, 1577' by the Merton College Register, University of Oxford and additional remarks by Thomas Birch, 1577-1757, L&P/3/321, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_321/paper-account-of-the-black-assize-at-oxford-1577-by-the-merton-college-register-university-of-oxford-and-additional-remarks-by-thomas-birch, accessed on 04 December 2024

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